I used to buy flatiron steaks from TJ's but their's were always marinated. Then I started seeing them at our local grocery chain, plain, and stated getting those instead, as I prefer to season them myself. I was never too crazy about TJ's marinated meats, and that included tri-tips. They never sold them plain, non-marinated.

Thanks for mentioning that. I hadn't noticed if they were marinated. I'll be sure to check next time.

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"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -Carl Sagan

I've enjoyed many of their convenience (microwave) dinners but find that due to my current cooking options being limited I tend to rely too much on microwave dinners, and I get tired of the TJ's dinners after a few weeks or months.

Unfortunately they usually serve 2-3 so I often throw away part, not wanting reheated microwave food any time soon after. Would be better if serving for more than one person. I wish they'd come out with single serving sizes.

The closest TJ's opened early this year; so far I only made one trip down -- 30 miles -- to scope it out, so don't have favorites as such yet. I did get some dark chocolate that was very good, a bag of walnut meats (stored in my freezer) that have been good in several batches of cookies, and other things I have now forgotten. I did like a bag of snacks called "Snapea Crisps" well enough to keep the bag for reference. Reading back from the beginning of the thread, I now have a list of others' favorites to try out (if they're still offered). All I need is for gas prices to go back down and to remember to take my list and a cooler.

We had a TJ's open up on Staten Island recently. We haven't been for a couple of months. Have to go again. They have some great salad stuff and has anyone tried their spinach and kale dip? One of the best dips I've ever tasted. I'm going to have to get a jar of their lemon curd after reading about it a while back.